What share of teenagers in Volta Redonda are in school?

Among young people aged 15 to 17 in Volta Redonda, 91.7% were attending school or college at the 2022 census, the 5th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil: 85.2%).

What share of pupils pass the school year in Volta Redonda?

93.8% of pupils in the 6th to 9th grades of public schools in Volta Redonda passed the 2025 school year (Brazil: 95.7%); 9th-graders averaged 267.2 in mathematics and 269.2 in Portuguese on the Saeb tests (Brazil: 256.2 and 258.1).

Education in Volta Redonda, Brazil: official figures

At the 2022 census 99.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Volta Redonda were attending school, the 27th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities and the 2445th highest of Brazil's 5,570 municipalities (Brazil: 98.3%; Rio de Janeiro state: 98.2%).

Children aged 6-14 attending school

99.2%

2022

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade

6.3

2025

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade

5.3

2025

How many young children in Volta Redonda attend pre-school or crèche?

93.6% of children aged 4 and 5 in Volta Redonda attended pre-school or school in 2022 (the 30th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 86.7%), and 40.1% of children under 4 attended a crèche or school (the 108th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities; Brazil: 33.9%).

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

What is the Ideb score of Volta Redonda?

Public primary schools in Volta Redonda scored 6.3 on the Ideb, the Ministry of Education's 0-10 index of pass rates and test results, for the early years (1st to 5th grade) in 2025, the 124th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 6.1). The score was 6.1 in 2023 and 6.2 in 2019.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How do 5th-graders in Volta Redonda do in the Saeb tests?

In 2025, 93.9% of pupils in the 1st to 5th grades of Volta Redonda's public schools passed the school year (Brazil: 98.0%), and 5th-graders averaged 240.1 in mathematics and 228.7 in Portuguese on the national Saeb tests (Brazil: 227.4 and 215.1).

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How do public schools in Volta Redonda score for 6th to 9th grade?

For the later years of primary school (6th to 9th grade), Volta Redonda's public schools scored 5.3 on the 2025 Ideb, the 97th highest of 320 major Brazilian cities (Brazil's public schools: 5.0), against 5.4 in 2023.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

How Volta Redonda compares with other cities in Brazil

Children aged 6-14 attending school (%) (2022)

Volta Redonda ranks 27 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 6-14 attending school (%)
24	Araucária	99.3%
25	Brusque	99.3%
26	Vitória	99.2%
27	Volta Redonda	99.2%
28	Itaguaí	99.2%
29	Praia Grande	99.2%
30	Valinhos	99.2%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%) (2022)

Volta Redonda ranks 30 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Children aged 4-5 attending pre-school or school (%)
27	Belo Horizonte	93.7%
28	Santa Bárbara D'Oeste	93.7%
29	Taubaté	93.6%
30	Volta Redonda	93.6%
31	Presidente Prudente	93.6%
32	Votorantim	93.5%
33	São Gonçalo do Amarante	93.5%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%) (2022)

Volta Redonda ranks 5 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Young people aged 15-17 attending school (%)
2	São Caetano do Sul	93.2%
3	São Gonçalo do Amarante	92.8%
4	Barra Mansa	92.0%
5	Volta Redonda	91.7%
6	Rio Grande	91.7%
7	Itaperuna	91.7%
8	Valinhos	91.0%

Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) · saved copy

Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade (2025)

Volta Redonda ranks 124 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 1st-5th grade
121	São José dos Pinhais	6.3
122	Barueri	6.3
123	Suzano	6.3
124	Volta Redonda	6.3
125	Arapiraca	6.3
126	Itapevi	6.3
127	Rio Claro	6.3

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade (2025)

Volta Redonda ranks 97 of 320, highest first.

Rank	City	Ideb, public schools, 6th-9th grade
94	Barueri	5.3
95	Taubaté	5.3
96	São José	5.3
97	Volta Redonda	5.3
98	Luziânia	5.3
99	Itapecerica da Serra	5.3
100	Pouso Alegre	5.3

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education · saved copy

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025, primary school late years (6th-9th grade): pass rates, Saeb scores and Ideb 2005-2025 by municipality and school network (spreadsheet from the zip download), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0a54ddd30107…)
Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025, primary school early years (1st-5th grade): pass rates, Saeb scores and Ideb 2005-2025 by municipality and school network (spreadsheet from the zip download), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e132cd0ab831…)
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Censo Demográfico 2022: gross school attendance rate by age group (0-3, 4-5, 6-14 and 15-17), Brazil, states and municipalities (SIDRA table 10056), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4966e323affd…)

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